Please join us at our 2018 Mechanical Engineering Graduate Convocation to welcome our incoming graduate students and our senior students, as well as to celebrate our Faculty and Student Awards recipients. This year's event will include a special talk by the 2018 ME Distinguished Alumnus Awardee. AGENDA   3:00pm-3:10pm: Opening Remarks, by Professor & Chair Frédéric Gibou   3:10pm-3:15pm: Welcoming of Incoming Graduate Students, by Professor & Vice Chair Jeff Moehlis   3:15pm-3:20pm: 2018 Best TA and PhD Awards, by Professor & Vice Chair Jeff Moehlis   3:20pm-3:50pm: Presentation of the 2018 ME Distinguished Alumnus Award to Dr. Christopher S.Lynch, Dean of Bourns College of Engineering, UC Riverside, by Professor Francesco Bullo.     3:50pm-4:20pm: ME Grad Slam Event    Students:                                               Judges: Allan Avila                                               Ray Karam Anna Buzolits .                                        Sam Daly Alexandra Downs                                    Kirk Fields Bharat Monga                           Cory Brown Fernando Temprano-Coleto     4:20pm-5:00pm: Reception and Refreshments